Records of the Priory of St Mary and St Radegund

The Benedictine Priory of St Mary and St Radegund at Grenecroft, Cambridge, was founded before 1144 (probably in the late 1130s) and dissolved by the initiative of John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, in 1496. The nunnery had close connections with the see of Ely, especially in its early days.

The collection comprises property deeds and some administrative records of the Benedictine nunnery, which formerly occupied the Jesus College site.

Please cite as Jesus College, Nuns

Arthur Gray, The Priory of Saint Radegund Cambridge (Cambridge, 1898); Elisabeth van Houts, Nuns and goldsmiths: the foundation and early benefactors of St Radegund's Priory at Cambridge, in Church and City 1000-1500 (CUP, 1992), pp. 59-79.

This catalogue was compiled during 2003-04 by Juliana Dresvina. Her work was partly supported by a grant from EEMLAC, which we acknowledge with gratitude. The catalogue will continue to be refined and revised; any user who wishes to advise or comment to this end is welcome to do so.